Walking in via Lambertesca in ancient times via dei Gherardini we arrive at the corner of the Chiasso del Buco, where we can see some remains of the residence of the art of the corrections (he framed all the craftsmen who packaged straders, shields, crossbows and anything else of leather served for use military). Above the Matassini jewelry shop, we will notice the remains of the ancient architrave adorned with four shields, the first of the people of Florence and the last of the Guelph part are of the era of the original construction (late 14th century), while those of the doctors and Pistoia are sixteenth -century.
This is because Cosimo decided to merge the various arts, given the new commercial routes (the discovery of America) who put the corporate system in crisis, so much so as to replace the residence of the I corrected with that of the “practice” of Pistoia, a judiciary is For Pistoia both for the doctors (the friend Prof. Paolo Piccardi also told me that this judiciary also had the task of bringing the dispatches throughout Tuscany), in fact the “speaking weapons” were placed instead of Those of the city of Florence and of the I corrected. The remains of the large buffered arch and clearly the architrave with the shields remain of the old building.
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